Envelope



UNITED STATES P TENT- OF ICE.

MORGAN J. ORAMER, OF CHEST SPRINGS, PENNSYLVANIA.

ENVELOPE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 521 ,760, dated June19, 1894. Application filed February 24, 1894. Serial No. 501.448. (Nomodel.)

To all whom it may concern: 1

Be it known that I, MORGAN J. ORAMER, a citizen of the United States,residing at Chest Springs, county of Oambria, State of Pennsylvania,have invented a new and useful Envelope or Improvement Thereon, of whichthe following is a specification.

My invention relates especially to envelopes for mailing letters andother private matter and is not only sealed by the ordinary means but isadapted to receive the postage stamp so that it overlaps the joint oredge of the outer sealing flap the latter forming the front of theenvelope and affording asurface for the address. The opposite side ofthe envelope is utilized for advertising orother preferred purposes.

The accompanying drawings illustrate the invention.

Figure 1 is a plan view of the envelope closed and sealed. Fig. 2 is aplan view showing the flaps all opened. and Fig. 3 is a like viewshowing three flaps closed and the sealing flap opened.

Like letters of reference denote corresponding parts in the difierentviews.

The letter H. indicates the body of my envelope having the end flaps Aand B. and the top flap 0. all provided with gummed surfaces so thatthey may be closed down and sealed together as in ordinary envelopes.

The flap D. I prefer to make rectangular and with smooth edges as shown,but a slight departure from this construction may be made withoutsacrificing the principle of the invention. The flap D. is somewhat lessin width than the body of the envelope so that when folded for sealingit reaches to the place indicated by theline R. almost entirely coveringthe joints of the outer flaps.

The inner surface of the flap D is gummed from its edges to about theline marked g. h. z. andits outer face forms the front of the envelopeand provides space for the address.

The square Z. at tne upper right hand corner of Fig. 1. marks the spacefor the postage stamp which when in place will overlap the.

edges of the flaps O and D at that corner and more effectually securethe envelope against surreptitious opening. The impression of the postaldating stamp T. also should be made upon the flaps G. and D. jointly,across the latters edge, for purposes of detection should the envelopebe tampered with.

Having now described my invention, what I claim, and desireto secure, is

An envelope having side and end flaps and a sealing flap forming thefront of the envelope which is somewhat less in width than the body ofthe envelope the flaps being folded so that "the sealing flap covers thejoints between the remaining flaps whereby when closed only a singlejoint is exposed, over which the stamp may be placed.

. MORGAN J. CRAMER.

Witnesses:

Jos. M. RANDALL, J. M. CRAMER.

